Student: “What would happen if we did this backwards?” Me: “Well, let’s see if we can figure that out…” Last week I posted about The Windmill Scale Exercise. If you haven’t checked it out yet, I’d...
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Windmill Scale Exercises
Today’s post is about my favorite scale pattern. In this post, I’ll share the story behind this scale pattern and how I use it in my studio, plus I’m sharing my reference videos and an easy reference PDF so that you can use this...
Read moreCircle of 5ths Pentascale Chart
Just a quick “Freebie Friday” post here. Not feeling so hot. This is day 2 of recovering from the stomach flu. On the bright side: I’ve graduated from pedialyte and jello to pedialyte and plain rice… hooray! Gotta love the...
Read moreGuest Post: 20+ Piano Games Parents Can Play With Their Kids
20+ Piano Practice Games from TakeLessons.com As the parent of a budding musician, you know that it’s not always easy getting your child to sit down and practice week after week. Nonetheless, regular practice is essential to your child’s musical...
Read moreFree Minor Pentascale Worksheets
Yesterday I received a request for minor pentascale worksheets, and since I needed a little break from group lesson planning last night, I decided to whip these up! These new worksheets will work as companions to the major pentascale worksheets I...
Read moreSolfege Patterns for Young Vocalists
Do you use the Kodály Method at all in your studio? I’ll admit, sometimes the hand signs can be a bit overwhelming, especially if you haven’t practiced them in a while, but it’s a unique way to engage different parts of the...
Read moreMinor Pentatonic Blues Worksheet
This worksheet can be used in-tandem with the minor pentatonic blues chart that I posted last month. It includes a breakdown of the intervals in a minor pentatonic blues scale, as well as a reminder about the number of half-steps in each specific...
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Here’s a little something that I’ve been working with in the studio this week! I have quite a few students who are fans of playing the blues. Since our weather has been so “blue” up here, I thought it might be fun to work...
Read moreFree Major and Minor Pentascale Warm-up Charts
Last week I shared a major pentascales chart and two major pentascale worksheets. As a followup, I created a minor pentascales chart as well. Why all these pentascale posts? One of my 2014 Studio Resolutions is to teach all of my vocalists...
Read moreFree Major Pentascale Worksheets
Here are a couple of old worksheets that I revamped for the blog. Again, these can be used for both piano students and voice students, as it is important for both to learn pentascales. (Yes, I am that teacher that will make her voice students...
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